Attendance: Anderson, Boutmy, Cicero, Hetland, Kilduff, Maynard, Rode Solomon, Yip

 

5:10

 
President:
– Will be attending a legislative luncheon with the Chamber of Commerce
– Invited by President Dooley
– President Dooley will not be coming to Senate this semester
– Bruce will be giving a presentation about his plans of renovations in the upcoming weeks
– Senate photo is coming up next week so tell everyone to dress up
– The Academic Standards and Calendars Committee has made recommendation to the Faculty Senate
– Have President’s Day be an optional makeup day- won’t happen
– Every subsequent snow day will result in the removal of a reading day
– The two reading days this semester are on a Thursday and Friday
– Classes during Spring Break was talked about but not feasible.

 
VP:
– Commencement Committee
– Have received no applications yet
– Looking for “well-known” students to step forward
– Deadline is the 27th
– Working on Prom
– Absences have piled up on a few people so stress the importance of attending meetings
– Have switched a few people around for committees

 

 

 

SOARC:
– Committee is meeting tomorrow for some recognitions
– Will be meeting next Wednesday to discuss stipends with three groups
– Will be inviting the groups to come at different times
– MUSIC is one of the groups that will be there
– Will be expecting a few things from the groups to be included in their By-Laws, such as mandatory office hours, etc.
– Want groups to do more campus wide activities

 

Finance:
– Rain date on Thursday due to all the snow.
– Will be dealing with groups that haven’t applied for budget

 
Treasurer:
– Working with housing regarding the heating issue
– Most of the buildings are dealing with lack of heating
– State law says your room must be at least 68 degrees to be considered viable living conditions.
– These rooms have gotten as low as 50 degrees.

 
External
– Need members for committee
– Meetings are Wednesday’s at 5
– Plowing at Narragansett has been great

 
CIO
– Working with the Alumni Chapter
– Sent out forms and waiting on feedback
– Want to combine Alumni with Senate for the barbecue
– Went to Emporium to get prices for future designs and we want to work with them now.
– Marketing plan
– Required to change to Senate Logo so working on a new design

 
Campus:
– RhodyRama 2.0 is in the works for later on during the semester
– Working on establishing liaisons

 
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